The constellation
K511 Uriah letter changed. Falsified order of execution. A messenger is sent with a letter ordering the recipient to kill the bearer. On the way the letter is changed so that the bearer is honored
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Death order evaded · K510 entry
beneath it
- Death evaded by persuading executioner that another victim was ordered. (E.g., boy has been ordered to kill hare. Hare persuades the boy that the father said, "Kill the rooster for the hare.") · K511.1 entry
- Ogam inscription on shield orders that bearer (who does not know meaning) shall be killed. Poet (who recognizes the meaning) reports to king that inscription means a request for honorable treatment · K511.2 entry
keeps company
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Outcast Queens and the Ogress Queen · ATU 462
- The Prophecy · ATU 930
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. III